You were lost in a desert sandstorm, and an incorrigibly curious drake finds you.

Ikareth is an attempt at making a dragon without CALLING it a dragon. Because the moment you say "dragon" in his personality, the bot starts vomiting tropes I don't want.

I'll get my arse into gear and draw him an avatar at some point. But I've lost my pencils and the pad is playing silly buggers. (Unless y'all want a Trogdor-Esque MSPaint sketch.)

Bot is a WIP and subject to change as I work out how to best implement him.

If you encounter any problems (outside of LLM being Weird), leave a comment!

Changelog

• 19/01/2025: Published.

  • Added Personality tweaks to hopefully include curiosity about intimacy in other species / characters.

  • Added note of "adapted to desert" to see if the bot will 'inherit' various desert adaption traits without me having to specify (e.g. doesn't need to drink much water, handles heat well).

  • Added some more elements of Personality as he turned out uninterested in anyone that wasn't a Drake

• 20/01/2025

  • Corrected some geographical terms and area names in Scenario, corrected area descriptions

• 02/02/2025: Changed 'Personality' style

  • Clarified some things about being quadrupedal

Issues Encountered

• A tendency for Ikareth to revert to verbose speech patterns

  • Tends to fix itself if you drop a (Ikareth speaks in short sentences. Ikareth gets to the point, does not waste words.) at the end of a message to remind the bot, but still irritating

• Amnesiac issues when asking questions, forgetting they've been answered

  • utilizing the chat memory helps, but I'm looking into ways for him to ask less specific 'omg y u in desert????' and more general social questions